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CFG | Academy | EDS in & out season 2021/22
- Thread starter HaalandEffect
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Their graduates actually play games though.Chelsea have a similar setup too.
BlueMoonRisin’
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It really wasn't.It really was the entire opposite, set up to profit indeed. We've just lucked out with Foden and are starting to see more quality
mosssideblue
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It basically comes down to individuals expectations from the academy. Yours is clearly it must bear more fruit for the first team. Surely you would agree, if there were more youngsters at the same level as Phil, then it would.Say what you want but I can't help but feel a bit depressed every time someone talks about our academy as a shop window.
Fair enough, that's business but that's not exactly what I started following the club for. Giving someone like Liam Delap chances when both senior strikers were injured last season wasn't exactly going to hurt their pockets either.
Our integration of academy players has been shite and that's mostly because we can cram every corner of the squad with a £40-50m player.
It is what it is, I guess, but I find it weird when people say things along the lines of "we're selling them for a profit so the academy is doing it's job."
Where's the entertainment in that?
BlueMoonRisin’
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Common sense that. Only Guardiola can change it though by giving young uns more first team minutes.The Academy was set up in the hope of producing our own players.
Those good enough will make it,and those deemed not good enough,will be sold on at a profit.
The evidence suggests differentlyIt really wasn't.
mosssideblue
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Then clearly the quality is not there yet.Phil Foden is indeed the cherry but we have no cake because other clubs have a as slice of it! The academy was set up to produce our own players, not to make a profit by supplying other clubs.
Kippax.
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Phil Foden is indeed the cherry but we have no cake because other clubs have a as slice of it! The academy was set up to produce our own players, not to make a profit by supplying other clubs.
I think I’ll draw a line under this debate. I see your point but we are going round in circles.
mosssideblue
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Game, set and matchThe Academy was set up in the hope of producing our own players.
Those good enough will make it,and those deemed not good enough,will be sold on at a profit.
decmancity
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How can we give youth players a chance when in most games we have senior pros not even making the bench. There is no guarantee that playing a youth player more will command a bigger transfer fee and if it comes at the cost of the team performance (Making mistakes etc) then its a disaster.My only criticism on the academy is that if the goal is to make money I'm pretty sure we'd make more of it if we gave more prospects a shot to look good playing in the first team. We've have plenty who, compared to Kelechi, were as talented or more talented yet he's the top sale because he got games. And who knows, sometimes guys will surprise you and stick around.
That is because their youth players are better than the senior players they had. Easy for Mount to get gametime when the competiton is Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Barkley and so forth.Their graduates actually play games though.
Bear in mind also that we are talking about Chelsea who haven't finished above 3rd in 5 years.
In that same time City have been fighting for the title for the past 5 years and any slip up can be fatal.